Shoulder bag strap keeper



June 16, 1953 P. SYRACUSE 2,641,760

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Patented June 16, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOULDER BAG STRAP KEEPER Frances P. Syracuse, Los Angeles, Calif. Application May 22, 1950, Serial No. 163,374

1 Claim. 1

or waist, or blouse, so as to receive and hold the strap of a handbag or the like, thus conveniently suspending said bag at the wearers side and practically eliminating loss of the bag as a result of slippage of the suspension strap from the shoulder.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more freely described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a shoulder strap keeper constructed in accordance with my invention. v

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a portion of a ladys coat or jacket and showing my improved keeper applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a garment with a standing collar, and showing one of the improved keepers on the shoulder thereof.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, l designates a short strap, of suitable length; for instance, from four to seven inches, more or less, and composed of one or more layers of flexible material such as fabric, leather or plastics, and if two or more layers of material are used in forming the strap the edges thereof may be secured by suitable stitching such as l I, or said edges may be overlaid with decorative binding.

Formed in the end portions of strap [0 are butshoulder and possibility of loss of the bag due to slippage of the strap S from the shoulder is eliminated.

To release carrying strap S from the keeper, it

is only necessary to release the upper layer of said keeper from button B; or, if the garment wearer desires to remove the keeper from the garment, both ends of the keeper are detached from the button. I

The keeper, when composed of material contrasting in color from the garment upon which it is worn, or decorated with attractive colors,

simulates to a certain degree, the epaulets worn on the shoulders of army and naval, officers.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a shoulder bag strap keeper which is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture, and very effective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

The size, form and construction of the keeper may be varied inminor detail without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

The combination with an outer garment having a collar, of a button secured to said garment wholly beneath said collar, and on the exterior of said garment, of a shoulder bag strap keeper comprising a strap of flexible material folded double, so that the ends thereof coincide with one another, said coinciding ends being provided with registering'button .holes which are adapted to engage the button beneath the collar so that the doubled portion of said strap projects outwardly from said collar to provide a loop adapted to freely swing backward and forward upon the shoulder and to receive and retain a bag strap.

FRANCES P'. SYRACUSE.

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